Oh, you don’t have an Apple Music or a Tidal subscription? Then you probably initially missed out on some of the most buzzworthy albums of the year. Luckily for you, most of these were only exclusive for their first few weeks of release and are all — save one — now available for everyone to …
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When it comes to his company’s wireless service, Sprint Chief Operating Officer Gunther Ottendorfer likes to say “you ain’t seen nothing yet.” Come early next year, Sprint customers with a flagship phone may understand the meaning behind his words. That’s because Sprint plans to unlock a capability hidden in many of its marquee phones — from the iPhone 7 to …
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Can’t get enough of Taylor Swift? Well now you can watch the pop singer to your heart’s content with Taylor Swift Now, a new video offering that’s available free to all AT&T DirecTV Now, DirecTV and U-verse customers. AT&T timed its unveiling of the service for Swift’s 27th birthday. The company had teased the new offering back in October, when …
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Heartbreaking messages are coming out of Aleppo as civilian deaths keep rising amid Syria’s war. Many who believe their lives are about to end are sending posts to social media in a desperate but mostly futile plea for help. Twitter is also focused on former Texas Gov. Rick Perry becoming President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Energy. …
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Twitter users are furious that President-elect Donald Trump’s team will block public use of the Lincoln Memorial during the Women’s March on Washington, which is planned for inauguration weekend. Meanwhile, on Twitter, J. Cole’s new album and a Zayn Malik/Taylor Swift duet are also trending. Social Cues is our guide on what’s trending across Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what people …
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When MTV launched on August 1, 1981, the world watched a now classic video: A rocket sits ready to blast off from its launchpad as a voice from NASA Mission Control counts down to T-minus one. The voice-over fades, the rocket fires and we cut to an astronaut planting a flag with the network’s logo on the moon’s surface. “Ladies …
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Selena Gomez has nabbed the title of most popular celebrity on Instagram, for the second year in a row. The star accounted for eight of the top 10 most-liked celebrity photos in 2016 and has more than 103 million followers. Only Instagram itself has more. Gomez’s most-liked photo this year was a Coca-Cola ad, with 5.9 million likes. Selena Gomez …
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Spotify mounted a defense of its free tier Tuesday, saying music with no upfront cost is good for both artists and fans. Troy Carter, an executive who acts as Spotify’s liaison with the music industry, compared paid and free listening to how musicians sell high-priced front-row tickets as well as cheap nose-bleed seats to their concerts. “I don’t think we’re …
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Once upon a time, yours truly flat-out refused to even consider a streaming music service. Pay a monthly fee? For life? No way. Then a few things changed. First, I grew disenchanted with the huge hassle of maintaining a library of MP3s, ripped CDs and countless song and album downloads. Second, my kids got older and started to want their …
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